Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yichieng was born on 21 November 1985. Chieng is currently a senior reporter on The Daily Show on Comedy Central and creator and star of the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student which began airing on ABC (Australia) and Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to a Malaysian Chinese family. From 1989 until 1994, he was living in Manchester in New Hampshire. Chieng performed alongside Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. Two years later, he was asked to audition for the role of correspondent on The Daily Show, which Noah hosts. He was named one the 10 Comics to watch by Variety in July 2016. In October 2016, Chieng appeared as a guest on The Daily Show to respond to an interview with Jesse Watts on a Fox News segment that many believed was racist. Chieng aired an expletive-laden criticism of the conservative network's segment. He also visited New York City's Chinatown in which Watters joked about residents. The viral video was featured in Slate as well as the Washington Post. In his youth, Chieng was an Singapore Sea Scout. Chieng hasn't managed to acquire citizenship or permanent residence status in Australia despite having lived in Australia for ten years. Chieng made an absurd joke about being intolerant of dogs on 2018's Daily Show. However, he later stated that he's "100 100% not afraid of dogs" in an interview.